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    Home » Main Dish » Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi

    Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi

    Nikki Lee Published:March 15, 2020 | Updated: August 17, 2021

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    Garlic butter shrimp scampi is quick, easy, and ready in minutes. Sauteed in garlic, butter, white wine and finished off with lemon and parsley. A deliciously perfect meal made in a flash!

    Garlic butter shrimp scampi cooked in a skillet with lemon and white wine

    Shrimp Recipe

    Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi is a perfect dish to serve as an appetizer, a delicious meal over your favorite pasta like shrimp scampi over angel hair pasta or rice pilaf . Make it a light meal with a veggie and salad or it's an amazing low carb or keto friendly dinner option over zucchini noodles or cauliflower rice.

    Any way you serve this it is delicious. It makes a great weeknight meal because it is amazingly fast to make. Shrimp seams like a special meal and no one will ever know how easy it was to make. They will just feel extra love! At least my son does when I make this for him. It's one of his favorites!

    How to make shrimp scampi

    • Make sure to have all your ingredients together. This recipe goes fast, so you don't want to be hunting down your wine when the shrimp is cooking. They go from done to overdone quickly and then they are rubbery (you sure don't want that).
    • Using an oil and butter combination gives amazing taste and color to the shrimp. I also use this combo for my Southern Fried Pork Chops and they turn out perfectly each time. The mixture also keeps the butter from getting too brown too fast.
    • Us a large or jumbo shrimp in this recipe. The have delicious flavor and color. Perfect for a meal. I like to have the tail left on. It added extra flavor when cooking, but if you prefer you can have them taken off. I let my supermarket do all the work for me.
    • A shrimp scampi recipe with white wine makes for a very flavorful dish! Make sure to use a good quality white wine though. A pinot Grigio, Chardonnay or Sav Blanc work well!

    Shrimp scampi Recipe without wine

    If you are totally opposed to using the wine or if you don't have it on hand. It can be substituted out for chicken, vegetable or fish stock. I prefer the flavor chicken adds the most out of these options. Just use what you love the most.

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    Garlic butter shrimp scampi in a cast iron skillet

    Delicious side dish options:

    • Easy Rice Pilaf
    • Instant Pot Garlic Butter Green Beans
    • Shelly's Spaghetti Pasta Salad
    • Chopped Greek Salad
    Cast iron skillet with shrimp scampi garnished with lemon slices and parsley.

    Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi

    Author: Nikki Lee - Soulfully Made
    5 from 1 vote
    Garlic butter shrimp scampi is quick, easy, and ready in minutes. Sauteed in garlic, butter, white wine and finished off with lemon and parsley. A deliciously perfect meal made in a flash!
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    Prep Time 5 mins
    Cook Time 5 mins
    Total Time 10 mins
    Course Main Dish
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4
    Calories 291 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
    • 4 Tablespoons butter
    • 1 ½ Tablespoons garlic, minced
    • 1 ½ pounds large shrimp, shelled and deveined , tails can be left on or off
    • salt and pepper to taste
    • ½ cup white wine
    • 2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
    • 3 Tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
    • ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes, optional

    Instructions
     

    • Heat olive oil and butter in a large pan or skillet, over medium high heat. Add garlic and saute about 1 minute.
    • Add in shrimp and season with salt and pepper to taste. Saute for 1 to 2 minutes per side until they just begin to turn pink.
    • Pour in wine, add red pepper flakes if desired. Bring to a simmer for 1 to 2 minutes and wine reduces by half. Make sure shrimp are cook through, but don't over cook.
    • Add lemon juice and parsley. Remove from heat and serve.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1 1 serving Calories: 291 kcal Carbohydrates: 3 g Protein: 39 g Fat: 13 g Saturated Fat: 7 g Polyunsaturated Fat: 11 g Trans Fat: 1 g Cholesterol: 389 mg Sodium: 1780 mg Sugar: 1 g
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